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U.S. history EOC
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History
12th Grade
01/09/2014

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U.S Constitution
Definition

a new document

 

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Bills Rights
Definition
aka ten amendments.  give the rights of individual under the new goverment
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JUDICIARY ACT OF 1789
Definition
it established both u.s federal court system and the authority of the u.s  supreme court
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Alexander Hamilton

 

Definition
a trusted officer during the revolutionary war and president washington's secretary of treasury. (loose interpretation)
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Excise tax
Definition
tax per unit produced on whiskey
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National Bank
Definition
to strengthen the protect the business interests
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Thomas jefferson
Definition

had strict interpretation (DR) 

power from land owner

secreatary of state 

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strict interpretation
Definition
stated power
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loose interpretation
Definition
give ferdral goverment authority
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whiskey redellion
Definition
farmers fefuing to pay taxes for the whiskey
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washington  farewell address
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  • stay neutral  
  • good gov't is based on  religion and morality 
  • no political parties  
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Federalist
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want a strong national gov't
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Democratic and republicans
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strong state gov't power  but a weaker national gov't
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alien and sedition acts
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remove foreigner and  limited speech
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virginia and kentucky resolutions
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they didnt have to obey or force the alien and sedition act
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doctrine of nullification
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it claims that states can nullify a national law that violates the constitution
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election of 1800
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the  first battle of election between the federalist and the democratic republicans
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peaceful revolution
Definition
it marked in us history that power peacefully transferred from one political party to another.
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midnight judges
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represented an effort to solve an issue in the U.S. Supreme Court during the early 19th century. ...
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marbury vs madison
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created judical review
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john marshall

 

Definition
the chief of justice
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nationlism
Definition
pp; taking pride or concern of the nation
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louisiana purchase
Definition
largest land that u.s buy nd it nearly doubling the conutrys size
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abigail adams
Definition
(remember about the ladies)
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suffrage
Definition
women the right to vote
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treaty of greenville
Definition
 that was signed in 1795 was used to place a boundary between the lands for white settlement and the Indian lands.
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tecumseh

 

Definition
shawnee chief name_  he untied the trbes togehter to stand against the whites
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emancipation
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the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
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Eli whitney's ~ cotton gin
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a machine that separated seeds from cotton.
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promclamation of neutrality
Definition
President George Washington on April 22, 1793, declaring the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain.
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impressing of seamen
Definition
kippnaping them and forcing them to serve the british
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jay treaty
Definition

as a weak document

 

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